Qué hay en Albufeira (Algarve), Portugal, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays en Portugal

• Naturaleza

  Almond blossom in the barrocal

  15 Ene – 25 Feb · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The almond groves in the hills behind the coast flower before anything else opens, which is the one argument for a hire car here in winter.

Sigue en marcha: Low season on the Strip (1 Nov – 15 Mar), Christmas and New Year (24 Dic – 1 Ene)

Concurrido — Carnival holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Carnival

  14–17 Feb

  Four days of parades across the council, and the one in the village of Paderne is the older and better of them. It is the only time the off-season town fills up. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Almond blossom in the barrocal (15 Ene – 25 Feb (normalmente)), Low season on the Strip (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Easter week, Easter holidays en Portugal

• Festivo

  Easter week

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  Good Friday is a national holiday and Easter Sunday a day for family lunches. Many Portuguese take the week around it off, so hotels fill and rates rise for the first busy spell of the year, and some shops and museums close on Friday and Sunday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Carnival (14–17 Feb), Low season on the Strip (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Easter week, Easter holidays en Portugal

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Easter week (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Wildfire season inland

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de humo

  The coast itself rarely burns, but the Monchique and Caldeirao hills behind it do, and a bad week puts smoke over the beaches and closes the back roads. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25 Jun – 15 Oct · normalmente

  This stretch of Algarve coast faces south and is sheltered from the Atlantic swell, so it holds its warmth weeks longer than the west-facing beaches around Sagres.

Máxima afluencia — British and Irish school holidays, Summer holidays en Portugal

• Festivo

  British and Irish school holidays

  1 Jul – 31 AgoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The town runs on the northern European school calendar rather than the Portuguese one, so the fortnight either side of the end of July is the hardest to book and the dearest to fly into. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — British and Irish school holidays, Festa do Frango (Chicken Festival)

• Festival

  Festa do Frango (Chicken Festival)

  1–10 Ago · normalmenteFestival gastronómicoMucha gente

  The inland parish of Guia, nicknamed the Algarve's chicken capital, spends a long weekend grilling piri-piri chicken at communal tables, a genuinely local food tradition rather than a beach-strip event. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Dia do Municipio

  20 AgoGran festivalMucha gente

  The town's charter day on 20 August, closed by a concert and fireworks over Praia dos Pescadores, at the exact peak of the season. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente)), British and Irish school holidays (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Festas do Pescador

  1–10 Sep · normalmenteGran festival

  The fishermen's feast in the first week of September, with tasquinhas on the old beach and the boats brought in to Praia dos Pescadores. The crowds have thinned by then. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Temporada

  Low season on the Strip

  1 Nov – 15 MarCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  Most of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week. What stays open is the old town.

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays en Portugal

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierres

  Christmas is kept at home: from the afternoon of 24 December through the 25th most restaurants, shops and museums close, and 1 January is just as quiet. Restaurants that do open on New Year's Eve usually sell set dinners that book up ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Low season on the Strip (1 Nov – 15 Mar)